6:11 AM,
Jul. 8, 2013

The incident happened on Bray Street around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

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A 41-year-old township woman was stabbed early Sunday by someone who stole her vehicle and fled the scene, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Charles Webster said.

Police believe a hitchhiker first spotted on Route 34 between Clover Hill Road and Bray Street tried to break into the woman's car at her Bray Street home, according to an email from township police to neighbors in the area.

When the woman opened the door to her home, the man confronted her, police said. He allegedly pushed his way inside and stabbed her multiple times. During the attack he grabbed her keys, and then he ...